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Robber Barons Books
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The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.91 — 9,124 ratings — published 2009
Andrew Carnegie (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.86 — 5,937 ratings — published 2006
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.15 — 39,124 ratings — published 1998
American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,230 ratings — published 2010
The Myth of the Robber Barons: A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.17 — 877 ratings — published 1991
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,865 ratings — published 2005
The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould and J.P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.73 — 2,273 ratings — published 2005
The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.96 — 12,972 ratings — published 1990
John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.37 — 67 ratings — published 2000
The Robber Barons (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.73 — 435 ratings — published 1934
Iron Empires: Robber Barons, Railroads, and the Making of Modern America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.81 — 812 ratings — published 2020
American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.04 — 893 ratings — published
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.15 — 24,400 ratings — published 2013
Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.77 — 20,982 ratings — published 2023
Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.80 — 66,742 ratings — published 2021
The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.08 — 711 ratings — published 2005
Dark Genius of Wall Street: The Misunderstood Life of Jay Gould, King of the Robber Barons (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.88 — 538 ratings — published 2005
Morgan: American Financier (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.01 — 1,364 ratings — published 1999
James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest (Volume 12) (The Oklahoma Western Biographies)
by (shelved 2 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.79 — 68 ratings — published 1996
Mellon: An American Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.96 — 517 ratings — published 2006
Henry Clay Frick (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.10 — 40 ratings — published 1998
The Gold Ring: Jim Fisk, Jay Gould, and Black Friday, 1869 (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.95 — 76 ratings — published 1988
Technocapitalism: The Rise of the New Robber Barons and the Fight for the Common Good (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.87 — 30 ratings — published
Wizard: The Life and Times of Nikola Tesla: Biography of a Genius (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.73 — 6,615 ratings — published 1996
Globalization and Postmodern Politics (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.20 — 5 ratings — published 2000
A Transatlantic History of the Social Sciences: Robber Barons, the Third Reich and the Invention of Empirical Social Research (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2011
Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69 (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.99 — 14,240 ratings — published 2000
The Warburgs: The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of a Remarkable Jewish Family (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.06 — 1,749 ratings — published 1993
Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.10 — 13,272 ratings — published 2014
Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,919 ratings — published
A Culture of Growth: The Origins of the Modern Economy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.95 — 454 ratings — published 2016
Crassus: The First Tycoon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.59 — 274 ratings — published 2022
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.05 — 152,636 ratings — published 2003
Edison (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.55 — 2,942 ratings — published 2019
The Wright Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.18 — 100,176 ratings — published 2015
When the Astors Owned New York: Blue Bloods & Grand Hotels in a Gilded Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.40 — 1,759 ratings — published 2006
A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.94 — 63,910 ratings — published 1645
Hardball: Are You Playing to Play or Playing to Win (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.74 — 230 ratings — published 2004
In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America's Best-Run Companies (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.91 — 13,732 ratings — published 1982
The Art of Business Wars: Battle-Tested Lessons for Leaders and Entrepreneurs from History's Greatest Rivalries (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.00 — 692 ratings — published 2021
How to be a Billionaire: Proven Strategies from the Titans of Wealth (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.02 — 322 ratings — published 1999
Random Reminiscences of Men and Events (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.76 — 667 ratings — published 1909
The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.11 — 9,079 ratings — published 2012
A Banker's Journey: How Edmond J. Safra Built a Global Financial Empire (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.24 — 267 ratings — published
The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.20 — 2,905 ratings — published 2009
The Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 3.67 — 529 ratings — published 2010
Grinding It Out: The Making of McDonald's (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.01 — 9,105 ratings — published 1977
The Gambler: How Penniless Dropout Kirk Kerkorian Became the Greatest Deal Maker in Capitalist History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.36 — 1,463 ratings — published 2018
My Life And Work (The Autobiography Of Henry Ford)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.18 — 5,613 ratings — published 1922
Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as robber-barons)
avg rating 4.09 — 4,541 ratings — published 1986
“Go home now,” says I. “Keep away from the saloons. Save your money. You are going to need it.”
“What are we going to need it for?” asks a voice from the crowd.
“For guns and ammunition,” says I.”
― Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel
“What are we going to need it for?” asks a voice from the crowd.
“For guns and ammunition,” says I.”
― Hellraiser—Mother Jones: An Historical Novel
“I steal from the rich to give to myself.”
― The Robber Knight
― The Robber Knight










